Heartland Fair Deal

We have to put policies in place so a kid doesn’t have to move to a big city in order to have a chance for a good job. We need a country where it’s equally likely that a city kid moves to rural America for a job as vice versa.

Economic Growth

Investment has been concentrated in a small number of cities and rural America has been left behind. Reversing this trend requires investment.

Student loan forgiveness for people that live and work in these communities for 10 years

Priority in government contracting to companies with a majority of employees in rural counties

Fix opportunity zone legislation to focus more on operating businesses, rather than investing in real estate

Double the EITC

Incentivize companies to build negative emission technology in rural America and coal country